HOROSCOPE

MINERVA

Published
4:00 am PST, Sunday, November 14, 2004

ARIES (March 20-April 18): Mars and the sun rendezvous in your 8th house -- the most volatile and passionate of all. Expect their dalliance to impact your money, sex life and psychic ability. Whoever called November dull?! This is a red letter week for you, Ari. Strike while the Stars are hot and you'll have lots to gobble about.

TAURUS (April 19-May 19): Mars moves his tail in your one-on-one house. Roughly translated that means when you're good, you're very, very good and when you're bad ... you're hot! Add to the steamy stew, the sun, also in your partnership house. Talk about charisma! If your love life isn't heating up, perhaps you're not a Taurus.

GEMINI (May 20-June 19): If truth be told, your life is soap opera fodder. A behind the scenes work project -- possibly involving a secret deal-resurfaces. Mars is so heavy-footed! Don't dis an underling. Sabotage is not a pretty sight. Turn up your nose and you're toast. Light a candle, then launch into damage control.

CANCER (June 20-July 21): Even the spaciest, most in-the-moment Crab needs some kind of agenda. The drama is happening in your fun house so solutions should be highly creative. Mighty Mars and the sun are trumps waiting to be played. No time for that old deer frozen in the headlights number.

LEO (July 22-August 21): An opportunity that fell by the wayside this time last year comes up for grabs. Only this time you have the sun and Mars thundering through your root cellar. Yessss! The Force is with you. Creatively finance the digs of your dreams? Pull together a home decorating project? Manage a pleasant, productive heart-to-heart with a family "authority figure"? Oh, quiet my heart -- all of them are possible.

VIRGO (August 22-September 21): Virgos feel things so strongly but often have trouble communicating. Now along comes Mars -- a one-planet SWAT team -- to add force and confidence to your chat room. You're the el primo researcher of the cosmos. Isn't it time you shared what you learned? Time now to go public. May the Stars be with you.

LIBRA (September 22-October 21): Your own personal year is barely out of training pants and already a dynamic duo gathers in your money house. The sun brings sizzling insight, Mars opens a window of window of decision-making opportunity. You won't want to deny yourself anything. Credit cards are flashing: USE ME! USE ME!

SCORPIO (October 22-November 21): Cosmic shifts are happening everywhere, but the real action is at your house. First the sun. Doesn't it feel like the world has its eye on you? It does. Venus is close by, too, doing a retro number. Finally there's Mars to empower all your decisions. Time to set up a personal agenda for the year ahead. Where are you now? Where do you want to be this time next year?

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 20): The ghost of Saj Past continues to rattle its bones. Your subconscious is literally haunted, so look for dream clues. The real action comes this week when Pluto and the sun meet again for their notorious tango in your sign. Talk about transformation! In the meantime, confront that ghost once and for all and lay that sucker to rest.

CAPRICORN (December 21-January 19): If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Whoa! Who's a beggar? Surely not you Cap -- you who virtually invented the whole "big picture" thing. But, Ms./Mr. Ambition, there's an awful lot of activity in your wish house these days. Time to think "focus" as only you can. A friend (or friends) offers a key. Heigh-ho, Silver, away!

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18): Earth to Aquari! Earth to Aquari! Can you hear us down here? Turn up your ear phones. Mars issues a wake-up call in your fame house. You in-your-head Water Bearers are too altruistic for your own good. Put that save-the-world stuff on hold. Heaven can wait. For a month, try a little enlightened self interest. It's time to get credit for what you do.

PISCES (February 19-March 19): Change is in the air. You're ready for something different, really different. Like hunting for Lemurians on Mt. Shasta or at the very least "getting in touch with yourself" in an Esalen hot tub. So, get with it. Mars may not be the most "sensitive" tour guide, but he does get things done. Inner space? Outer space? Just get on board.